Three Kingdoms

And north.

Fei Qian looked up at the sky and saw that the sky was blue and green, as pure as a piece of sapphire, and the clouds were soft and soft, like large or small marshmallows.

Well, I haven’t had marshmallows in a long time.

Many things in later generations were a luxury in the Han Dynasty, but perhaps it can be regarded as a kind of compensation. There are many things in the Han Dynasty that are not available in later generations.

For example, the current scenery is a relatively clean sky. However, no matter how the future generations manage it, such a pure sky can no longer be seen. Only in the Northwest Construction Corps can one get a glimpse of its beauty.

The morning sun shines on the clouds, partially blurring them out. Birds sing and fly through the air, then cast into the distant mountains and forests. The mountains are still mostly green, unlike in later generations when they were mostly gray and yellow.

"Speed ​​up! Get to Pingyang before tomorrow!" Fei Qian ordered.

The messenger responded loudly, and then the horse hooves flew forward and backward, and soon the entire team accelerated and headed towards Pingyang.

There were no other sounds around except his own. Fei Qian could clearly distinguish which sound was the sound of horse hooves, which sound was the sound of scales, and which sound was the snoring of a horse. Voice……

And what will never be seen in future generations is that when walking, sometimes you will see a large string of shit coming out of a war horse, forming a line of shit, and then the cavalry behind will also avoid it as a matter of course. Still traveling along the original route.

The most important thing is that Fei Qian doesn't think such a situation is disgusting and dirty...

Of course, in cities, feces still need to be isolated. After all, it is better in the wild. In cities, feces that are not cleaned up in time will attract a large number of flies and mice. Many cities in ancient Rome had lax sanitation management. This led to the eventual emergence of disease and then destruction.

It is precisely because of the characteristics that cows and horses can poop anywhere at any time. Now there is an emerging industry at the entrance of some big cities controlled by Yu Feiqian, which is the leasing and selling of cows and horses' poop bags, and if the merchants... Since the cattle and horses have left the city, you can also discount the excrement bag and the excrement inside to these people, which can be regarded as worth one or two cents.

The nobles disdain to touch these things. Anyway, if their horses are spilled along the way and they have their own servants following behind to clean them up, they don't have to worry about it.

Of course, the best thing is to play in a manor or restaurant set up by yourself in the suburbs. Naturally, there are not so many verbose rules of the Cavalry General.

Because there are more gentry children gathering in Pingyang, the city is relatively noisy, and the restaurants that can be visited by all religions and all kinds of people cannot fully meet the needs of these gentry children. Just like many children from wealthy families in later generations basically look down on so-called star hotels. Basically, they go to any club, and there are gradually more and more small manors in the suburbs of Pingyang.

Among these manors, the most outstanding one is Shuiyuexuan, which dug an artificial pond and built it in the middle of the pond. On a normal day, only the servants in Shuiyuexuan would be busy at this time. The nobles would wait until Shenshi to show up one after another, and then chat with each other or exchange some information. When the sun sets, That's when it really started to get lively. Drinking wine, eating and drinking, or reciting poems and composing poems while Mei Ji puts on makeup lasts until midnight or even into the early morning, which is a basic process.

For the children of the noble clan, the light during the day that everyone has can no longer prove that they are different. Only drinking all night long in the dark can highlight the difference between them and ordinary people.

However, this time, these gentry disciples gathered here one by one early in the morning, clustered in groups of three or five, and from time to time, the sound of small discussions with each other could be heard.

General Hussar is going back to Pingyang.

It is said that he will also host this Academy Competition!

This kind of news is enough for these gentry children to abandon their original entertainment projects and maintain a good state to cope with this opportunity. Food, wine, beautiful women, etc. are just a pastime in the minds of most savvy gentry children. , only authority is the first-class serious matter.

From ancient times to the present, there has been only one stable and objective standard for academic articles, which is the number of words. The other standards are all extremely idealistic. Just like whether Li Bai's poems are better or Du Fu's poems are better, whether Liu Yong's lyrics are better or Xin Qiji's poems are better, there is no way to draw a score. It is normal for 10,000 people to have 10,000 standards.

Therefore, what is the standard for the Cavalry General, and what are the outstanding articles in this competition.

So what will this standard be?

The general trend of the world?

Trivial matters about farmers and workers?

Everyone is eagerly thinking about this issue, but what they say on their lips may not be the same as what they think in their hearts. However, one thing is the same. They all hope that they can stand out in this competition...

The most important thing is that Wang Chang has said that he will not participate in the competition this time, and will directly follow the Hussars General to Chang'an to take up an official position, which means that this time there are half as many strong competitors!

The rest is the Sima's from the Sima family!

Of course, when talking about this, many noblemen would emphasize the pronunciation, as if Ah Q had gained the upper hand in personal momentum.

A family from Hanoi had the nerve to come to Bingzhou!

How can you have such a face!

It's like the people from Liangjiang in later generations went to border provinces to take the college entrance examination. Even if they got high scores, no one thought this guy was awesome or capable. If it weren't for Mr. Shui Jing's face, we must let the boys from the Sima family know what the real "Sima" is!

"Then who's here! Here!" Suddenly a voice came from outside the hall.

"What?! So fast!" Someone with sharp ears in Shuiyue Xuan couldn't help shouting in surprise, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. The impatient disciple immediately stood up, regardless of the bean plate and pot that were knocked down by his clothes. Jar, he hurried out, immediately leading other people to follow in a hurry.

After Wu Yangyang's group of people ran out, they bumped into the servant carrying water. The servant who had just said "here" asked with all his face, "Where are you? How long is it? Why haven't you seen anyone coming out of the city?" "

The servant trembled and almost turned into a ball. Even the basin in his hand spilled a lot of water. He answered tremblingly: "Little, little... little means get, get water... bring water." No…no, I don’t know…”

"..." A group of people looked at each other, confused in the wind.

"You will be punished by death for disturbing the noble man!!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the steward immediately came out to smooth things over, "Come here! Drag him down! Thirty lashes!" Then he quickly turned around with a smile on his face, "Serve the noble man with food and wine again. Count it for me, count it for me..."

……(￣ー￣*(-_-メ)……

Standing in the wind were not only the messy nobles, but also Cai Yan, who was a little confused and even panicked.

"Wonderful niece..." Cai Gu, who relied on his old age, sat at the top and muttered, "General Hussar came this time, apparently to supervise the competition, but in fact I'm afraid... Haha, although the competition is about It's also important, but isn't it possible for Linghu to sacrifice wine? So, this time, the virtuous niece needs to put more thought into it... Whether the Chenliu Cai family can last long depends on the virtuous niece... Brother Bozhe is indeed What a brilliant vision..."

As Fei Qian's reputation and power continued to grow, those who gossiped naturally closed their mouths. Just like in later generations, there are many courses such as the Junior Three League, Junior Four's transition to regular classes, etc. For this kind of thing, when the authority of the person involved reaches a certain level, it is often considered a normal phenomenon.

Because Cai Yan was in Pingyang, Hedong Wei didn't even dare to let people go to the academy, for fear that something might cause misunderstanding or cause some association, and disaster would come directly to them.

"General Hussars... Now that he is a powerful person, he still cherishes the old kindness and cherishes the old feelings. It is very rare and rare..." Cai Gu sighed, and even began to plan for the future, "... I have gone to Shuchenliu , let the clan select a few smart people... It will be somewhat of a help in the future, so that the virtuous niece will not be alone without help..." Cai Gu said that not only can he spend money and drink, but he can also make long-term plans. He was shaking his head quite proudly.

"Uncle..." Cai Yan blushed, and it took him a long time to say, "Yan'er... Yan'er still needs to guard the tomb..." Normally, filial piety lasts for three years, but because the Han Dynasty highly valued filial piety, so the There are not a few people who have been holding their parents’ graves for ten or eight years.

In addition, Cai Yong can be said to have set an example for scholars, and Cai Yan naturally cannot be as casual as ordinary people. Although it has been three years now, Cai Yan's behavior of observing filial piety has always been criticized by others. Praise, some people even went around praising Cai Yan for such pure and filial behavior, so it seems very embarrassing now.

Therefore, when Cai Yan was the female doctor of the Academy, some voices quickly disappeared. In addition to Cai Yan's knowledge, she was also blessed by filial piety. After all, if it were any other man, it would be enough to exemplify Xiaolian...

But now this title has become an obstacle.

"Ah?!" Cai Gu was also stunned. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Kong Zhongni!"

Children's observance of filial piety to their parents was first proposed by Confucius.

The original mourning refers to the behavior of the deceased's family and relatives in terms of diet and daily life during the period from death to burial, such as not drinking alcohol, not playing music, etc., just to express the grief of the living. It varies from place to place and nation, and there is no unified standard. However, Confucius developed a special interest in this custom and extended it into "ritual". He even had a debate with Jaeyu and recorded it. Come down.

Confucius said: This is unkind! A child is born for three years and then escapes the arms of his parents. My husband's three-year mourning has caused widespread mourning in the world. Has Yu also been in love with his parents for three years?

However, this system that Confucius took for granted is not favored by many people. At first, Qin Shihuang once enforced the three-year system in the form of a decree. However, many people believed that this law was the result of Qin Shihuang's imagination and did not conform to the reality of people's lives. They said that it was an evil law and that its "system was not suitable for people's feelings."

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the Qin system was also inherited, but soon Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty stated in his posthumous edict that "everyone will be released after three days of coming out." "Yi Yue" became 36 days, but when Emperor Ai came, in order to make it easier to cut down the vassal and control the clan, he specially commended a clan who had been mourning for the Queen Mother for three years and granted him the title of Wanhu Hou. Suddenly, it became more and more popular. It got out of hand.

During the Guangwu period, although Guangwu repeatedly emphasized that the funeral system must be simple and learn from Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the habit of mourning for three years had become an implicit rule in the upper-class gentry circles, causing Guangwu's edict to become empty. Wen, even the descendants of Guangwu recognized the three-year period. If some ministers did not mourn for three years, they would even ridicule...

In this way, the three-year period eventually evolved into "the general mourning in the world." It has almost become a pathology to criticize those who do not observe filial piety, and to praise those who observe filial piety for a longer period of time.

In later generations, due to the strength of Confucianism and the consideration of the programmatic documents of monarch, minister, minister, father, son, the three-year system was continuously strengthened, and a series of laws were even formulated to punish those who did not comply...

But what is very interesting is that Jaeyu, who opposed Confucius and was accused of being "unkind" by Confucius, was ranked before Zigong and was one of the "Ten Philosophers of Confucius". Later, although the "Ten Philosophers" developed into the "Four Philosophers" "Pei" and "Twelve Philosophers", Jaeyu has always been one of them. In the ceremonies of worshiping Confucius in successive dynasties, Zaiyu also enjoyed the treatment he deserved. In the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Zaiyu was posthumously named "Marquis of Qi", in the Song Dynasty he was posthumously named "Linzi Gong", and later renamed "Qi Gong".

This is the benefit of standard setters. The power of interpretation is in their hands anyway...

Regardless of Jae Yu's problem, the problem before Cai Gu now is that this ancient system of children needing to observe filial piety for their parents has become a damn stone blocking his own, and even the Chenliu Cai family's shortcut to getting rich. !

"Three years have passed... My dear niece, you don't have to take this to heart..." Cai Gu persuaded with some incomprehensible words, "What's more, if Bo Zhe is still alive, he will definitely be happy..."

It was okay not to mention Cai Yong, but as soon as Cai Guy said it, Cai Yan called his father again, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad again...

"This...isn't...sigh..." Cai Gu was at a loss for words and didn't know what to say for a moment. Let your niece give up her filial piety? Or should I tell others to stop talking about my niece’s filial piety every day? What kind of filial piety are you prepared to keep?

Cai Gu has completely forgotten his behavior when he first arrived in Pingyang...

As the saying goes, blocking someone's way of making money is like killing one's parents. If Cai Gu could see Kong Zhongni face to face now, he would probably want to drag him out and have sex for a hundred years! You, Kong Zhongni, just show your balls, but you still want to hide your penis from everyone in the world!

"This matter..." Cai Gu gritted his teeth and said, "It's all up to my uncle!" These days of eating meat and drinking freely in Pingyang, Cai Gu felt that he was at the peak of his life. If it was because of the false reputation of keeping filial piety, in the end, As a result, the Cavalry General became indifferent during this period of time, or fell in love with him. Wouldn't it mean that he would fall into a trough in the rest of his life and never recover? !

Could it be that Chen Liucai just watched the opportunity slip away from her hands?

"It's not too late!" Cai Gu felt a little sad. Why didn't he think of this earlier? Could it be that he had been drinking too much during this period? However, Cai Gu would not admit such a conclusion, so he stood up and said, "Uncle, he studies the scriptures on weekdays, but he didn't pay attention to this matter... Don't panic, niece! Uncle will take care of it now! No need to see you off!"

"This..." Cai Yan didn't know whether to agree or reject. He was so confused that after a moment of hesitation, he saw that Cai Gu had already waved his sleeves and walked out.

Cai Yan was stunned, his eyes were a little divergent, and then his cheeks gradually turned red and hot. He couldn't help but lie down, covering his face with his hands, burying his chaotic thoughts in his sleeves.

"My virtuous niece... this..." Cai Gu wandered back again, startling Cai Yan, "this... doing things also requires some expenses..." He left in such a hurry just now that Cai Gu actually forgot about the original plan. Purpose.

For a moment, Cai Yan felt a little weak. Could this uncle be getting worse...